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13.11.2024 Bulletin 2024/46 |
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Date of filing: 31.05.2019 |
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PETROL/DIESEL AND LPG FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
BENZIN/DIESEL UND LPG KRAFSTOFFZUFÜHRSYSTEM FÜR BRENNKRAFTMASCHINEN
SYSTÈME D'ALIMENTATION D'ESSENCE/GAZOLE ET DE GPL POUR MOTEURS À COMBUSTION INTERNE
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AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL
NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR |
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05.06.2018 PL 42582218
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11.12.2019 Bulletin 2019/50 |
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Proprietor: Certools Spólka Jawna
Piotr Czekalski Krzysztof Hanke |
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- Czekalski, Pawel
95-200 Pabianice (PL)
- Hanke, Krzysztof
95-200 Pabianice (PL)
- Czekalski, Piotr
95-200 Pabianice (PL)
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Representative: Dziubinska, Joanna |
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ul. Wyszynskiego 58 m 25 94-047 Lodz 94-047 Lodz (PL) |
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References cited: :
WO-A1-2015/130182 DE-A1- 102007 051 677 PL-B1- 222 798
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WO-A1-2018/047021 DE-U1- 20 209 413
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[0001] The subject of the invention is a system of supplying combustion engines with fuel,
alternately with petrol / diesel oil or LPG, especially engines with multi-point or
direct injection.
[0002] The description of the Polish invention No.
PL222798 presents a system supplying combustion engines with fuels such as petrol/diesel oil
and interchangeably LPG. This system consists of a pump feeding fuel to the high pressure
pump and a multivalve controlling the change of fuel in the supply system. In the
LPG tank there is a pump, ahead of which a fuel type switch is placed, from this pump
the fuel is fed to the high pressure pump. Downstream the high pressure pump, which
feeds fuel directly to the engine, on the return pipe connecting the high pressure
pump with the LPG tank, a return valve is located which receives signals from the
sensors measuring the fuel pressure and temperature. In a situation when LPG is in
the supply system, the correct pressure and temperature are maintained. When in the
system there is petrol / diesel oil, these parameters change and it is necessary to
switch on the damping nozzle and change the pump efficiency in the LPG tank. When
switching from LPG supply to petrol / diesel oil, the flow opens to bypass the damping
nozzle and the fuel system is quickly emptied from LPG (burn-out). When petrol reaches
the high-pressure pump, pressure and temperature sensors give signals and the return
valve closes the return line, thus shutting off the fuel supply to the LPG tank. When
switching back to the LPG supply, the return valve opens and there is flow through
the damping nozzle.
[0003] According to the invention system supplying combustion engines with fuel, alternately
with petrol / diesel oil or LPG, with a high pressure pump supplying fuel to an engine,
a low pressure pump supplying selected fuel to the high pressure pump, with a fuel
type switch placed ahead of the low pressure pump, with valves controlling the operation
of the fuel change system from petrol /diesel oil to LPG, wherein in the LPG tank
in a sealed glass isolated from the LPG tank the low pressure pump is placed, which
at the input is equipped with an electrovalve as a fuel change switch from petrol
/ diesel oil to LPG, to one input of the electrovalve there is supplied petrol / diesel
oil through a solenoid valve, and to the second input LPG is supplied, wherein the
low pressure branch at the outlet of the high pressure pump feeding the engine is
connected to a manifold of a small and big fuel circuit, in which a small circuit
valve is connected to the inlet of the low pressure pump in the sealed glass and a
big circuit valve is connected to the LPG tank, where the petrol / diesel oil is supplied
to the inlet of the sealed glass via the electrovalve, wherein the sealed glass is
placed in the LPG tank via a cup, the sealed glass being an upper plate attached to
a main plate of the cup, and wherein on the main plate of the cup on the LPG return
line a non-return valve is mounted to block gas outflow from the LPG tank and on the
LPG supply line to the low pressure pump a manual shut-off valve is installed.
[0004] WO 2018/047021 A1 discloses a dual fuel direct injection system for internal combustion engines, wherein
inside a liquefied gas tank a fuel exchange set is fitted, consisting of an additional
chamber with a low pressure pump fitted together in a pre-chamber connected by a non-return
valve with the liquefied gas tank.
[0005] The system according to the invention as claimed herein makes it possible to quickly
change the fuel supplying the engine, while protecting against mixing of fuels in
the LPG tank, which will be explained in detail when describing an example of the
system solution.
[0006] The system supplying the engines with fuel, alternately with petrol /diesel oil LPG,
is shown in the drawing presenting its scheme.
[0007] As shown, in the supply system there is a petrol / diesel oil tank 1 and a LPG tank
2. A sealed glass 3 is placed in the LPG tank 2, which by its upper plate 4 is fixed
in the upper plate 5 of the cup 6, placed in the LPG tank 2. At the inlet to the sealed
glass 3 there is a solenoid valve 7, which controls the switching of fuel from petrol/diesel
oil to LPG. To one input of the solenoid valve 7 there is supplied petrol / diesel
oil through solenoid valve 13, and to the second input LPG is supplied - the electrovalve
7 opens the LPG flow instead of gasoline / diesel oil and vice versa. From the sealed
glass 3 fuel: petrol / diesel or LPG is fed to the high pressure pump 8 and then to
the engine 9. The low pressure branch at the outlet of the high pressure pump 8 is
connected to the manifold 10 of the small and big fuel circuit. The small circuit
valve 11 is connected to the inlet of the low pressure pump 17 in a sealed glass 3
and the big circuit valve 12 is connected to the LPG tank 2.
[0008] The operation of the system is as follows: when starting the supply system petrol
/ diesel is supplied to the inlet of the sealed glass 3, then the electrovalve 7 opens
the petrol / diesel oil flow from the tank 1. From the sealed glass 3 petrol / diesel
oil glass is supplied to the high pressure pump 8 and then to engine 9. In the manifold
10, the small circuit valve 11 is opened, petrol / diesel oil from the low pressure
branch returns to the inside of the sealed glass 3 without mixing with LPG. When switching
the system to LPG supply, the electrovalve 7 opens the LPG flow from the tank 2, petrol
/ diesel oil residues being in the small circuit flow into the sealed glass 3 and
burn out in engine 9, in manifold 10 the small circuit valve 11 closes and the large
circuit valve 12 opens and then LPG is fed to the supply system via the electrovalve
7. Returning to the petrol / diesel oil supply in the manifold 10 the big circuit
valve 12 closes and the small circuit valve 11 opens, the electrovalve 7 closes the
LPG supply and then petrol flows in a small circuit until the LPG is burned out in
the system.
[0009] As you can see, the risk of mixing fuels in the LPG tank 2 is minimized and more
precisely the dilution of LPG in LPG tank 2 by petrol or diesel oil.
[0010] In order to facilitate service work in the main plate 5 of cup 6, a non-return valve
14 is mounted in the LPG return pipe, which blocks the gas flow from the LPG tank
2, and a manual shut-off valve 15 is installed on the LPG supply line to the low pressure
pump. In the manifold 10 of the big and small circuit a manual service valve 16 is
installed.
1. A system supplying combustion engines with fuel, alternately with petrol / diesel
oil or LPG, with a high pressure pump (8) supplying fuel to an engine (9), a low pressure
pump (17) supplying selected fuel to the high pressure pump (8), with a fuel type
switch placed ahead of the low pressure pump (17), with valves (7, 11, 12, 13, 14)
controlling the operation of the fuel change system from petrol /diesel oil to LPG,
wherein in the LPG tank (2) in a sealed glass (3) isolated from the LPG tank (2) the
low pressure pump (17) is placed, which at the input is equipped with an electrovalve
(7) as a fuel change switch from petrol / diesel oil to LPG, to one input of the electrovalve
(7) there is supplied petrol / diesel oil through a solenoid valve (13), and to the
second input LPG is supplied, wherein the low pressure branch at the outlet of the
high pressure pump (8) feeding the engine (9) is connected to a manifold (10) of a
small and big fuel circuit, in which a small circuit valve (11) is connected to the
inlet of the low pressure pump (17) in the sealed glass (3) and a big circuit valve
(12) is connected to the LPG tank (2), where the petrol / diesel oil is supplied to
the inlet of the sealed glass (3) via the electrovalve (7), wherein the sealed glass
(3) is placed in the LPG tank (2) via a cup (6), the sealed glass (3) being an upper
plate (4) attached to a main plate (5) of the cup (6, and wherein on the main plate
(5) of the cup (6) on the LPG return line a non-return valve (14) is mounted to block
gas outflow from the LPG tank and on the LPG supply line to the low pressure pump
(17) a manual shut-off valve is installed (15).
1. Ein System, das Verbrennungsmotoren mit Kraftstoff abwechselnd mit Benzin/Dieselöl
oder Flüssiggas versorgt, wobei eine Hochdruckpumpe (8) Kraftstoff zum Motor (9) fördert
und eine Niederdruckpumpe (17) den ausgewählten Kraftstoff der Hochdruckpumpe (8)
zuführt, mit Kraftstofftypschalter vor der Niederdruckpumpe (17), mit Ventilen (7,
11, 12, 13, 14), die den Betrieb des Kraftstoffwechselsystems von Benzin/Diesel auf
Flüssiggas steuern, wobei im Flüssiggastank (2) in einem isolierten Flüssiggastank
(2) in einem dichten Glas (3) eine Niederdruckpumpe (17) untergebracht ist, die am
Eingang ein Magnetventil (7) als Schalter für den Wechsel des Kraftstoffs von Benzin/Diesel
auf LPG-Gas hat, einem Eingang des Magnetventils (7) wird Benzin/Dieselöl über das
Magnetventil (13) und dem anderen Eingang LPG zugeführt, wobei am Ausgang die Hochdruckpumpe
(8) zur Versorgung des Motors (9) mit dem Verteiler (10) des kleinen und großen Kraftstoffkreislaufs
verbunden ist, in dem das Ventil des kleinen Kreislaufs (11) mit dem Einlass der Niederdruckpumpe
(17) im dichten Glas (3) verbunden ist und das große Zirkulationsventil (12) mit dem
LPG-Tank (2) verbunden ist, von wo aus Benzin/Diesel über das Magnetventil (7) zum
Einlass des dichten Glases (3) geleitet wird, wo das dichte Glas (3) durch den Becher
(6) in den LPG-Tank (2) eingesetzt wird, wobei das dichte Glas (3) die obere Platte
(4) bildet, die an der Hauptplatte (5) des Bechers (6) befestigt ist, und bei dem
auf der Hauptplatte (5) des Bechers (6) ein Rückschlagventil (14) in der LPG-Rücklaufleitung
installiert ist, das den Gasaustritt aus dem LPG-Tank blockiert, und in der LPG-Versorgungsleitung
an der Niederdruckpumpe (17) ein manuelles Absperrventil (15) installiert ist.
1. Système qui alimente les moteurs à combustion en carburant, alternativement avec de
l'essence/diesel ou du gaz GPL, avec une pompe haute pression (8) alimentant en carburant
le moteur (9), une pompe basse pression (17) alimentant le carburant sélectionné à
la haute pression pompe (8), avec interrupteur de type de carburant situé devant la
pompe basse pression (17), avec des vannes (7, 11, 12, 13, 14) commandant le fonctionnement
du système de changement de carburant de l'essence/diesel au gaz GPL, où dans le réservoir
de gaz GPL (2) dans un réservoir de gaz GPL isolé (2) est placé dans un verre étanche
(3) avec une pompe basse pression (17), qui a une électrovanne (7) à l'entrée comme
interrupteur pour changer le carburant de l'essence/huile par l'intermédiaire de l'électrovanne
(13), et à la deuxième entrée GPL, et à la sortie la pompe haute pression (8) alimentant
le moteur (9) est reliée au collecteur (10) du petit et grand circuit de carburant,
dans lequel la vanne du petit circuit (11) est reliée à l'entrée de la pompe basse
pression (17) dans un verre étanche (3) et la grande vanne de circulation (12) se
connecte au réservoir de GPL (2), d'où l'essence/diesel est acheminé vers l'entrée
du verre étanche (3) via l'électrovanne (7). , où le verre étanche (3) est placé dans
le réservoir GPL (2) à travers la coupelle (6), le verre étanche (3) constituant la
plaque supérieure (4) fixée à la plaque principale (5) de la coupelle ( 6) et dans
lequel un clapet anti-retour (14) est monté sur la plaque principale (5) de la coupelle
(6), sur le tuyau de retour de GPL, bloquant l'écoulement du gaz du réservoir de GPL
et sur le tuyau d'alimentation en GPL à la vanne basse pression de la pompe (17),
une vanne d'arrêt manuelle (15) est installée.

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